The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-14 00:00:00

1101 -LEY MARKET A NI) CODIAMECIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The CITY, discount market continues to show signs of activity, but as the available balances of the Public and private establishments are in excess of Present requi rements, t h e mercant il e pu bli c are bled to obtain accommodation, in some instances, Theu percent. below the official minimum. ' 3l l general terms, however, are 62- and 61 Per cent. for the negotiation of the best three m onths' bill s . T he authorities of the Bank of Eng land are also busily engaged in making the übuel Periodical advacc-s to brokers and others in antici- Pution of the coming July dividends. Iu the Foreign Iliad Colonia.i Produce Markets dating the last few days there has net been much iml tion. Sugar, however, has maintained former P ti ces, while a mcd,rate business has been done in ; "fr ee and ri ce , at f u ll y former rates. Tea has been 44 Moderate request, at steady prices, while in 11aItPetre and tallow there has been little change of Importance both as regards the business done or the rates current. • The following official ratifications were posted to th e Atock Exchange yesterday afternoon ~uela Baring Brothers and Co,'s agents in 'Time under date the 23d of May, advise having received ' et 65 per cent. of the import duties for about two weeks,— dole. c. Prom the Custom-house of La Guayra.... 15,635 51 Fr om the Custom-house of Porto Cabello 9,164 17 24,849 68 4 , t :The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remittance of on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador." Two O'CLOCK. It Paris this morning, ac c ordi ng t o R en t er ' s telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 85c. The settlement in the foreign stocks and railway s hares is approaching completion, and the details are temporarily absorbing almost exclusive atten ti°l). No desire whatever is shown to resume ° Peculation on the scale pursued a month or two a go, in the unsettled state of foreign politics and the dissatisfaction felt at the policy pur- I ned by our GoNernment. These considerations negative the favourable influence of easier symptoms in discount circles, and the pros- Pee t of a further earlier reduction in the mini :l,44l of the Bank of England. While, however, the Public seem indisposed to effect purchases, they are equally di s i nc li ne d to nego ti a t e sa l es , in expec tation of a lower range of prices, and the markets ..qre tolerably well sustained in consequence. Con 'els at the presetkt moment are 1-16th better than fors were in the early part of the day, being 901 117 ° 13 eY, and 9(1I for the account. The the T hrees and R-duced Annuities are 89i ; 10: 2 1 Per C?nts., 1894, 72; India 5 per Cents., ; and Enfaced 5 per Cents., 104 Iu the Foreign Market business is also quiet, but ' l "a show rather more firmness. Turkish 6 per e nt s. , 18 62, are 711 t; do, Consolides, 48-1; Mexi -24411,,' 44 i 1,-; do. New Loan, 1 did. to par ; Greek, Spani , h Passive, 324 ; do. Certificates, i; Portuguese, 481 19; Russian, 87,1 ; and 14e Confederate Loan, 63 65. 'hainess in the Railway Share Market has been mo derately act i ve, the d ea l ers and specu l ators b e i ng eli ieg Y engaged with the liquidation of the account. t ' ;ee l showed a slight improvement. South E as t . ern h ave advanced 10s„ Great Eastern 10s., Great No rthern A Stock 55., Great Western 155., and M idland 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little or -0 Chang e of importance. Bank and Miseillaneous Shares continue in fair ; de mand. Alliance have improved 11, European 10s, '°ndon Chartered of Australia, 10s; London and leatminster, los ; Discount Corporation, ss; and perial Financial, ss; Chamounix Hotel Shares are quoted s 11 pram. ; Maritime Credit 11 4 prem., all d London and Vent z2ula Bank, 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. a GO VERNMENT FUN S. pe r Cent. Con s ols 3 0 Account, July 8 t i p e r Cent. R e d uce d t r° 7 3 per Cent. B9l i A Ditt o ew 2 i per Cent. Jan. 1891... 4 . 5 per C., Jan. 1873 — °llaities, 30 yrs, ent expire •Sth J an., 1880 — D 0 for 30 yr expire sth April 1885 (Pied Sea s, Telegraph), Aug. , l9OB Ii arch. June. 1, 14.c "`eqUer Bills, £l,OOO, 2.1 & 3 per Cent. Ditto 1..500 .8 Ditto £lOO and £200 Ditto £lOO Stk, 51 iter Ct. lin • ... s' Account .. .. N DT ,_ And• •••A GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. la Stock 10} per Cent., April 1874 — D° i Accou i nt — O 5 Per Cent. July, 1570 L Account,... 0 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 J• "-- b _ Do Certificates b ° Latticed Paper, 4 per Cent .. Do 5 , per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 104 k 4 . -i ) ';2 Per Cent. May, 1879; ° 4 per Cent , ' Aug. 1806 .. ..,,, L, .-, i , A.)ondS tI,OOJ .. --. " 0 under 1:1,000 FOREIGN FIINDS-ONE O'CLOCK. Actstrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Do 1859 %It zilian 5 per Cent _ J 0 41 p er . Cent., 18 1 6 8 3 52-58-60 % tetto i s k Ayres 6 per Cent uo 1 pet Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.).. - tiiiian 6 per Cent. 13 0 41 pet Cent c 'ionabian 6 per Cent Dubs, 6 per Cent. ~ • kush 3 p er Cent., 18_20 . 1863 I,lqoadoiper New Cent C o nsolidated, 1 per Cent.. ZYptian 7 per Cent.. .. °,.. 1011 nbSecond Issue . o ns.. 241 vr e - Cent., 18 . 24-5, ex-Coup „ ‘ eK o per 24 u.,,0 Account - — Coupons r..,"0 Account — -ilateoaala 5 per Cent. j t ,,9 0 , 1839 and 1859 Arian 6 per Cent.(Maremmana itailway,, eh i can 3 per Cent 1,0 Account • 44/ . — Pin D ° Scrip £l3 paid .. dis '',,,0 French Scrip, Es. 25f 20c .. ll.l° 6 per Cent. Anglo-Freeuch ooriall Imperial 5 per Cent e W Granada Do 2 per Cent..... 1 ,0 Deterred °p D Land Warrants (Hectares) — _ riau 41 per Cent... _ ) ° 4ce°lllll ( *barren).... .. — D ° a per Cent. ,Erri ~ - h ° 43 / 4 per Cent., 1862 871 '- P or t Account 49 8 lj.iguese 3 per Cent., 1853 _ il t to Account -Ltte 3 62 4 48 1 t per Cent., 1856, '7 ) ' 9 ) ' 6O l - ) u 11,)40 Account h D l4 O 1863 Scrip, £4O paid I Plian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9l _ 13i, t 4 t° 4 1 per Cent., 1860 b." 3 per Cent 1859 . . It ° 6 per Cent, 1862 tipte Anglo-Dutch _ Nrct i L tc ' in _ S er . iP, £2O paid — pm Mit ts -.. u per Cent ... .13 ''''u Account — Paei l. 1),, 81 1 3 per Cent Ditto`'t Account r.ii, New Deferred .....itto A ccount 321 I ).~,, hpulito Account atliiih Cert. t Coup nut funded bit o 10f SweA,Y; Acc0unt........ — 17,,,,.. 3 '1, 4 per Cent..... — TUrf t .. " scrip, £4O paid — Pin -.-..1811. per Cent. 1854 Litt Account ni l t t to t46 Per Cent. 18)8 bitto Accounts 1,. 5 4100 Bonds _ , Itto 6 .t, per Cent. 1862 -"itt ° A t Ditto ccoun 71i I ttto XlOO Bonds.. 7ll „. Ditto 1863 ..... Ditto G uaranteed, 4 per Cent n ett 3 1 . ) ; ,., per Cant. .'"° Jiccount bitt - . 1) 4 , 0 6 Per Cent., 1862 Ditto`."s Account .... 0. 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditt o Sc riP) 5.39 paid dis •uitto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Loud , e. Austri Belq." 111 ) 6 per Cent.. E. 10 Florins. -- Ditto 0 per Cent., Ex. 25f... Dutchitto Account 1 . 2 i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 63/ i t 4- , .tt o 4 ~,, per Cent. Certificates 1 ., b il it t ,' 6 Cent 1861, Ex. 25 francs 6 - 91 er : .ke ,Peeorunt " A l-" DOB = Bonds, 4i per Ct. Ex. 4s. 1-"rnortese, 5 per Cent,. Ex. 25t TWO O'CLOCK. Con„iv t, D, - .0 Accoulat 0000 0.611..1111)1 9O BEARE MARKETS—Ths day. .ANT) }iv ay. Closing Busineto Price. done. 8 Si 100 all 100 10') a 7.1 81 9} 83 65 118 119 Brr.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Ban(lon '' I Cornwall ID o A A `-etc dix Do. B ti. tl e.p an. ha ti been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Pertb,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. and S. Wests3rn. !Greatlilastern, Ord. st, Ditto A stock Ditto Eart Anglian at GreatNorthoi Scotland Great Northern , Do A steel: Do B do ol Ir elan! 'Great Western Do Str Val gut'. stock Lancashi:e & Yorkshire London and BlschivW Len., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Shet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t chars Metropolitan !Midland Do New Do Bin:ling. & Derby Mid. fit. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Dlid Kett Do Cray Line North British Edln., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle.. ..... North London I Do New 'North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E.,_Aber. stoop Do Soot.'Alid. stock.. Shrews. and Welohpoo. Shropshire Union .... South Devon... .. South Eastern iSouth Wales _ S. York. and River Dun Stainee,Wok.,andWok Stockton Darlington Do Do New, MCC, Taff Vale. . . . Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neatli Victoria sta. and Waterford er. West Cornwall W. Hartlepool West Midland -Oxford; 110 Newport Do Herelordl 35 37 16 17 91 93 103 105 46 7 C , 7i 131 133 142 143 128 1.32 91 93 C 5 65i 11: 1121 05 67 104 105 41 43 111 11ib 97i 93i 55 34 113 114 130 i 131 101 1(3 53 15 24} '45 101/ 102/ 58} L9i 904 n 125 130 1:4 2i 77 79 lot 11} 121 123 38 38 54 66 33 85 POI 901 104 106 8 9 161 37i 94 10 7 i 8 4 165 170 6 7 3 4 p 107 110 CO 32 POsz,EsioN;;.. Closing 'hart Railways "'lnd. Price. Business dont 100 4 tlantic &et Las.vreuc, all 60 62 sk J ttora.,Baroda&.Centln(l 1,10 1034 1014 1041 Gu. 5 per cent— ..... 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares ;06 134411a10 and Lam?. Huron all • a 6 10 Do. Preterence 00 j Iluilalo,Brant&Godrich b. „ , 7 7 82 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 00 Do. do. July 1, 167, tOO 77 8 'OO )0. d,). Jtvi, 1, , 105 77 82 st ' , ;lcutta.&S.Eastn.(lf.• 100 101 14.3 at. Cape Town h Dock Scril 100 08 100 stock Euro. Bengal gu. sp. 100 106 108 steck East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 1(54 1064 1 0 6 51 20 Do. .do. G Ext l5 1 1 p 20 Do. do. H do. 15 1 tr , stock Grand Trunk of Canada L , A. 201 21 1 100 Do. Ist Pres. Bonds di 73 15 731 100 Do. co. deterred.— all 6s 64 100 vu. 2d Pre:. Bonds., all 66 68 66 4 100 Do. do deterred all 55 37 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. deterred all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. nook all 29 31 100 Do. do. deferred all 27 30 stook GtlndiaPetnn.gua.sp.o 100 1054 1064 20 Do. New gna. sp. o l2 1 p - Do. January, 1862 - stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 163 101 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 104 10 204 Do. New .. .. 16 104101•. 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with' t opt. all 90 92 100 Do. tt p. e. do. '77-8.. . all 82 8* 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 par 4p stock Madras guar., sp. o. 100 Ic3 IJ4 103 stock D 0.41 p. o. Extension 100 97 99 stock De. 44 d 0........ 100 91 Of 92 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. thads. (00 - - 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 56 58 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. alt - - 20 New Br arlswick Candy Class A and B all 3 5 N.lll.C'das pc Ist pf bds 100 82 44 stock Soinde .......... (100 103 101 stock Do. Delhi,. lp w , 100 1024 1031 20 Do. d 0...... 1 , is •1 2 d 1p at Do. Punjaub ) all 1011 1034 Do. Do. I f f ,f,; 1 100 - Vook !Do. Inilaa.St. Flo.) 1,100 J9O 98 GOVERN SEC U - can.G or. 6 p.o.J &July . - 1877-84 100 104 106 - 1 Do. at p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 163 105 Do. op. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 - Do. p. o. Jan.&July. 10c 93 J 5 931 - 1 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 04 - 'Cape G.l.lope, 6p 0,1873 100 104 106 101 - 1 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 - I Do. 1890 100 1(.9 111 - :Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lO3 110 112 - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 0p c 100 110 112 - Mauritius 6 per cent - 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent lOO 107 169 -r% 1N.8.G0v.644.0..4a.&Ju11 100 102 104 - 1 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. V. G ov. 5 p 1., 18,4 100 994 1001 Do. Ep. 048/1 to lfit 100 991 10 0 4 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 994 1604 1001 - )New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 10) 111 - ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 106 - Queensland GcV. 6p. c lOO 108 110 - (:3.Aus G6p.c.1678.& up lOO 110 114 - Vlo.Gov. C p.c..Ta.&July 100 - - Do. io 5 to.c. An.&O3L 100 109 110 1094 BRITISH MINES. 2 IGambrian CM:o,ot Gold 1 - I chllord Amalgamated.. - - Devon G. Con, k "favist., 1 500 670 - East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 63 63 - East Clogau Gold Ltd.! - - East Caradon 1' 1 .14.6 23 29 East Cara 8rea..... :3.4.0 9 9 4 - ! E. 4rl Russel (Tavistk.) , 8,13.1 31 41 - iy-am.&StAuDyst(G wen 58, 7 9 - Great South Tolgus.... t'l's 24' - 1 (1. Wheal Vor (11elstoo 40 311 331 334 - ;Grenville - "er , i's-Foo` .S,l 18 40 - - tiunzton D I own© 4.18.0 31 3/ - Lady Bertha - !Margaret (tiny Celan( J' g 14 16 i marke Valley.. 4 dyntly Iron Ore (Lim ti 11 1 ( - 1 - New Setun lti/ 80 83 - • ,North Downy l9 e 1 Basset (1110.4-,6 3.1.0 14 2 N:orth Wheal Crotty -12.0.9 44 44 - tar Consols (tit. Blaze:, 1 - 20 (*rovidence(Uny Lelnt. 110 0., 40 42 - 13outhi.)aradon(St.Clee t . 1.1 450 170 - ,3. Carr. Brea (Illogan) - I .7'.ll, l lteai Fran. (111o , zan 18.15.9 40 45 -• 'Stray Park - P.(ntar Silv.& Lead Min - - irtn Croft 174 131 184 West Basset (Mogan), 111 95 104 104 -11 V C , radon tLiskeard' l 5 16 18 IWest Seton - Wheal Basset (Mogan 1 54 90 95 It , heal Buller( itedrutil) r 10 23 32 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lclant,l 2.0.6 - - - Wheal Lud. ett - Wheal Mary Ann ;Mau 8 14 16 - 11Vheal tleton 584 225 235 - 'Premix:ley (Lis )1 19 21 - !Wheal Union I 3.17 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 per cent. stock, Di,to, 4i per cent., Blackburn pun, 10) LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend. 104 Midland Bradford prey: stock, 944 FOREIGN. RAILWAYS. Sambre and Meuse, 7a FOREIGN MINES. Yudanamutana of S. Australia, lira., 21 I BANKS. Alliance (lim.). 6 Bank of Egypt, 231 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and:China, 40 Colonial, lirn., 20 4 Commercial Bank of India, ' Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 9; Consolidated Bans, lim., 110 Continental, lim., 17i Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 5i London Bank of Scotland, lim., 18i London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, liitto, new, London Chartered Bank of Australia, 251 London and Colonial (lain.), 21 20t London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim., igi London and Nortiiern, Jim., 23 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 19i Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 29i Oriental Banx Corporation. 593 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim., 131 Standard of British South Africa (Lim), (£2), 3 Union of Australia, 55i Ditto, new, 43 Union of London, 58 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, '2l Company of African Merchants, lim., 3) Continental Union Gas, Jim., 6/ Credit Fonder, 151 Egyptian Coin. and Trading, lim., 41 Fore•street Warehouse, Mu, 6 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cav our, Ditto, per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 87 Land Securities, l , m , 5 London Mercantile Discount, lim., 27 Royal Mail Steam, 9t HEALTH OF SCOTLAND.—The Registrar-General has again to report for M ay, as for April, that in the eight principal towns of Scotland births, deaths, and marriages have all been more in number than he has re gistered in any May since his office was established, at the beginning of 18: -. 6. The rate of increase was gleater in deaths than in births, but greatest of all in marriages. In Paisley and Dundee half the deaths were of children under five years old, and in Glasgow very nearly half. A fourth of the deaths were due to zymotio (epidemic and contagious) diseases. Typhus was epidemic, and in Paisley smallpox al"; and whooping• cough was fatal in many instances. At Perth the thermometer registered 82 deg. ; at Aberdeen it never reached 68 deg. The mean temperature of the month woe but one degree above the average, being kept down by the general cDoiness of the nights ; the thermometer at Aberdeen fell as low as 31 7. There wcs little rain; the month was fine, bright, and sunshiny. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1864. TEE YELVERTON CASE. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THIS DAY YELVEaTON V. LONGWORTH (OR YELVERTON). This morning a large number of Peers, in addi tion to the law lords, were present, it being known that the case for Major Yelverton (the appellant) had been closed, and that the case of the respondent had been entered upon. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Kingsdown, Lord Chelmsford, and Lord Wensley dale, took their seats at 20 minutes to 11. The Attorney-General said he had to discharge a most anxious and important duty. It was not ren dered less so by the manner io which the case had been presented to their lordships by his learned friends. In such a case as this counsel were placed in a much better position than their clients, for, however scandalous and gross might be the asper sions cast upon the respondent— Lord Bronghem (interrupting) said most empha tically that he had recaived a letter frcyn one of the witnesses in the case. He could of course tike no notice of it beyond saying that it was highly im proper for any one to write to a peer, who was one of the judges, in such a case. Tne Lord Chancellor expressed his assent. The Attorney-General said the best way for counsel to meet such aspersions and misrepresenta tions as those to which he had alluded was by en deavouring to put the truth simply without trick or disguise before those who were pri vileged to judge. That was what ho desired to do. He could not do otherwise than look in the face the abominable representations of his client's conduct and motives throughout these melancholy transactions. He could not but know that the case he was to meet was one which im puted to his client from a very early period gross corruption on the part of the respondent towards the appellant for the worst of purposes. That was what had been imputed to the respondent by the person who stood before them in the position of ap. pellant. In milder language, that view of the ap pellant's conduct had been adopted by the Lord Ordinary in this case. He did not find that the Lord President had committed himself to such opinion, and he had to maintain the cor rectness of the view of the facts which had been presented by the two other judges, Lord Curriehill and Lord Dees, who were of opinion from first to last that the motives and conduct' of the respondent were pure, and such as became a lady in her circumstances. He should succeed in proving to their lordships that there was no founda tion for the base and unworthy motives which had been imputed to her. It would be a step towards the proof that there was no foundation for the claim which his learred friend had urged before their lordships. It would be important for him to exa mine the facts applicable to the period which pre ceded the first visit of these parties to Scotland. As these were facts simply and totally unconnected with law, he would endeavour to place before their lordships acme few details of the history of the correspondence which had taken place between them. He should adopt for his text the words which had been used by Lord Curriehill. The !earned gentleman went at some length into Miss Long worth'e early history. She was brought up in the Roman Catholic religion, in a convent. She had a great taste for mu:ic, was well skilled in painting, and was very fond of poetry. This last circumstance being indicative of the frame of mind she has constantly exhibited in her correspondence. They would find in those letters indications of a mind imbued with the poetry of Tennyscn, Long fellow, Shelley, and other poets of our time—a dreamy poetry, consisting of sentiment tinged with intellectuality. Of this class of poetry her mind was evidently full. Her taste was highly cultivated and developed, but was evident) , not furnished with any real knowledge of the business of the world. At the same time it was clear that Major Yelverton was addicted to intellectual pursuits—not pursuits indeed as those which engaged Miss Long worth's mind. They both professed a knowledge of mesmerism or clair voyance, but whether or not either of them believed in it it was of course impossible for him to say. Major Yelverton was also a man who was accus tomed to throw over conventionalities, and this accounted to a great extent for the apparent free. dom which existed between them. (fee learned gentleman read some extracts from the earliest letters which passed between the parties in confir mation of that view. He also pointed out that Major Yelverton first addressed her by her Chris tian name, while for a long time afterwards she addressed him by his surname in the usual way between persons not thoroughly acquainted. It was not until he remonstrated with her at calling him my dear Mr Yelverton, that she spoke of him by his Christian name. After this he called her Miss Longworth again, and then came some playful correspondence, after which they called each other by their Christian name, as appeared in the corres pondence). Their lordships would clearly perceive from these facts on which side the familiarity rested. There was throughout these earlier letters a great deal of badinage, and it was curioas to sea how these innocent expressions were seriously torn to pieces by the judges in Scotland, one of whom (the Lord Ordinary) had said that Major Yelverton had declared to the respondert that he was a con firmed bachelor, because in one of his letters he told Mi,s Long worth that ho had no " intended," and that he was bound to an arm-chair at the United Service Ciub. Was anything so extravagant as this? What knowledge of human nature on the part of a man in high official position. All of course IVlajor Yelverton meant to say was, that there was nothing i❑ Miss Yelverton's way except the arm chair at the Ciub, and he asked with some concern, whether such matters were to be determined i❑ courts of justice by persons who judged in such a way. This arm-chair was a constant subject of joking between them, and clearly had no serious meaning about it. At length Miss Longworth wrote a serious note to Major Yelverton, communicating to him the death of her father, and then Major Yelverton began to make serious advances to her, and asked her if she 'thought that hereafter on meeting again—"shuffled up in the pack," as he expressed it—they would recognise each other from sympathy, if not from personal recollection. He did not wish to put upon this passage more than it meant; but he did wish it to bear what it meant, and that meaning he thought was clear from the passages which followed, as well as from other expressions in the correspondence which fol lowed. The learned Attorney-General read many passages, contending that the charge of grossness which had been imputed to her in connection with them was not sustainable. The learned gentleman was proceeding with his address when we went to press. TOTTENHAM AND HAMPSTEAD JUNCTON RAIL WAY.—A special general meeting of this company was held at No. 1, Poets' Corner, Westminster, yesterday, in accordance with the standing orders of the House of Lords, Captain Arrow in the chair, for the purpose of con sidering, and, if thought fit, of approving, the provisions of the following bill now pending in parliament :—" A bill for authorising the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway Company to make railways to join the Midland and Great Eastern Railways; and for other purposes." Mr 'roogood, the solicitor, having read the heads of the bill, the chairman, in moving the formal resolution approving of the bill, congratulated the proprietors on having possession of a line from which the most important results for the future might be anticipated. Mr. Reed seconded the motion, which was agreed to,and the proceedings terminated. SOMETHING LIKE A WORD.—Chinese Literature is making way in Germany. Here is the pleasant name of a handbook for the use of students, just published at Frankfort :—" Hantee wenfachoukouangtsongmou ; Biblie theca Sinologica, ale Weg.veiser zur Sinologischen Lite ratur."— The Reeder. OT;R ENGLISH WORD " HUMBUG" has been .n ' ...rafted into the G e rma n l a nguage. " Nicht alles is Humbug" is the title of an essay in the Magazin fur die Literatur des Auslandes. GUARANTEED LOAN TO NEW ZEALAND.—Yes terday a return was made to Parliament of various papers relating to a proposal that Parliament should guarantee a loan of £1,000,000, to be received by the Government of New Z, a l an d to meet the expenses arising out of the native war. The last a the number is a letter of Mr F. Peel, written from the Treasury Chambers on Wedn sday last, he substance of which is that in the opinion of their lord 'hips the rare cud peculiar combination of circualstances which is necessary to ja,tily a guarantee of a loan contracted for a colony exists in the present instance. The Fatal Accident at Egham. EGHAM, TUESDAY, 9 a.m. We are glad to learn, upon inquiry this morning, that Louis Ray, the young man whose feet were amputated in consequence of injuries received in the sad accident on the South-Western Railway here on Friday evening last, is progressing favourably, Mr Clarke, surgeon, of Staines, and Mr Furnivoll, also a medical practitioner in the locality, have been unremitting in their attentions, and frequent parcels of jelly, fruit, and other invalid comestibles have been repeatedly sent from the Lord Steward's Department of her Majesty's Household at Windsor, and from Marl borough House. The patient, who is a Frenchman, still remains at the Railway Inn, where he was taken after the accident, and he speaks in the highest and most grateful terms of the attention paid to him by Mrs Morton, the landlady, independently of the hospital nu n r d s l e ad, hvio a i n s dr servants,inheattendance and his aunt, who is also here. With respect to the unfortunate persons who were killed, and into the circumstances of whose deaths the enquiry will o'clock, the bodies have all been removedßailway Inn since the in quest bwearsesfouru resumed this opened from morning the l2 on Thursday last. The remains of Messrs Glegg and Hall were removed on Friday, those of Messrs Wilkey and Wingfield on Thursday, end the body of Coppard, Mr Padwick'a clerk, was buried in Egham Cemetery on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a great number of persons. Colonel Yolland, one of the ofEcial,inspectors of railways from the Buard of Trade, visited the spot yesterday in com pany with Mr Scott, the traffic manager, and Mr Godson, the general superintendent of the line, and subsequently to the gallant colonel's inspection, the remnants of the broken van and carriage were removed, so that, so far as outward appearance is concerned, all trace of the sad calamity has disappeared. THE INQty EST. cause of the death of Robert xv T ilk h e e y i , n E qu d e w st in to Hail, ascertain Joseph e Clegg, John Coppard, and Wm. Winfield was resumed thi s morning at 12 o ' c l oc k , at the Literary and Scientific Instit ut i on, Eghain. Colonel Yolland was present t o watch the procee di ngs e, The following gentlemen were also present.:—Mr F. Clarke for the brothers of Mr in behalf of the Board of Trade, Trigg; Mr Chubb, of Gray's-inn, for Mrs Hall; Mr Robinson, of Jermyn-street, and Mr N ewman , o f Ch e l sea , for Mrs Clegg; Mr Lamb, of Ship-st, ne t, Brighton, for Mrs Trigg; Mr Rawlings, of Rumford, for Lee and Trainer, the engine-driver and fireman; Mr Crombie, the law clerk, Mr Frederick Clarke, the secretary, Mr Beattie, the engineer, and Mr Godson, the superintendent, were also present on behalf of the So uth-Westerrn Railway Company. The jury, with Mr William Gardener, as foreman, having signals; the code of then th answered to their names, the Coroner said that at the pro ceedings on Thursday he had pointed out th e ev id ence h e should require. He should first take evidence as ti st m o eof the sig nalssgtraardt ii w enn e g r t es:nptdrhoa:rerrstations, and, exhibited andlas a tt n lhy d e, observed on the night in question. . The case was proceeding when se wen* to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. 3IARLBOROUGH - STREET. SINGULAR CASE OF ROBBERY AND VIOLENT ASSAULT. —Charles Pcisser, a German, was brought befere Mr. Knox for committal on th© charge of robbing and violently assaulting Charles Schemmel, a tailor, living at 7, King_ street, Soho. lodged in the sam e house,l'he os 7 p , r Ki e n c g u_t: t r said Bing -street, the .On n the 2 prisoner st h m a y the prison er was in his room, and while he was doing something at the fire place the prisoner came behind him and seized him by the neck and tried to break it. He defended himself as well as he could, when the prisoner took up the irons from the fire place and tried to smash his head. The prisoner then left, and he (proiecutor) afterwards became insensible. On re covering himself a little he went to a doctor' s , l oc ki ng t h e was room stilld oor locked,af ter him,h he found but on that his is soma return, o ne had been int o his although the doo r room—the top panes of a window having been broken— the bed was on fire, and a drawer which he lett closed was open, and an umbrella, 4k yards of cloth, a pair of trousers, and a pipe had been abstracted. Evans, 113 0, deposed that on taking the prisoner into cusrody he said he did not do it. Hannah Swingiski, residing in the same house as the pr isecutor and the prisoner, stated that she was looking out of window when she saw the prisoner leave with the prosecutor's umbrella in his hand. In answer to a question from the magistrate, Sergeant Bently said that several articles belonging to the bed had been burnt through, and that the fire could not have been. accidental. In his defence, the prisoner said he was not at the house on the day in question, and he could produca witnesses, l‘lr Knox committed the prisoner for trial, stating that the prisoner could produce his witnesses on the trial, Committed. Royal Geographical Society. LETTERS FROM DR. LIVINGSTONE. At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, which was held at Burlington House last night— Sir R. I. Murchison in the chair—two letters were read from Dr. Livingstone, one of which had been addressed to Sir R. Murchison and the other to Admiral Washington. After the disposal of some formal business, the secretary read the following letter : Murchison's Cataracts, Dec. 4, 1863. My dear Sir Roderick,—The despatch containing inst , ue tions for our withdrawal, though dated the 2d Feb., did not reach me till the 2d of July, when the water had fallen so much that the Pioneer could not be taken down to the sea, To improve the time, therefore. between July and the flood of December, I thought that I might see whether a large river enters the lake at the north end, and also verify the impression that most of the slaves drawn to Zanzibar, Iboe, and NI ezimhque acme from the lake dis trict. Our plan was to sail round the east shore•and north end of Nyasiu ; but we very unfortunately lost our boat by five of our natives trying to show how much more clever they were than the five Makololo who had the management of it. It broke away from them in a cc mparatively still reach of the river, and rushed away like a shot over the cataracts. We then went forward on v foot, and struck NW, so as to come to the latitude of the north end of the lake without coming in contact with the Mazite or Zulus, who have depopulated its shores there. But we soon came on a range of mountains running north and s .uth. The valley on its eastern base was 2,000 feet above the sea, of remark able beauty, and well supplied with streams of delicious cold water. The range, at least 4,000 feet above it, forms the edge of the high table land on which the Maravi dw,ll. We were falsely informed that no people lived on the other side, and went along the valley till we came out. at the neck of the lake—the bold mountainous promontory, Cape Maclear, on our right, and the hills of Tsenge in front. Again going north-west we came to a stockade which the Mazite bad attacked the day before, and we saw the loathsome evidences of the fight, and wishing to avoid them turned N.B. till we came to the lake and marched along its shores. On cowing to Rotakota Bay. lat. 12.55 S. we found two Arabs busily engaged in tran sporting slaves across by means of their boats, and building a dhow, to supply the place of one said to have been wrecked. 'WESTMINSTER. A FORTUNATE CABMAN.—John Flexon, cabman, of Gower Mews, Russell-square, was charged before Mr. Selfe with being drunk while driving his cab. Police constable Scott 121 A said—That about half-past 10 o'clock last night he was on duty in New Palace-yard, when his attention was called to the state of the prisoner by a member of Parliament, and who remarked that he was not in a fit state to drive. Witness upon seeing him under the influence of liquor took him into .mstady. The prisoner said that he heard the gentleman say hat he (prisoner) must be either drunk or mad, and was a 4ton ished at the remark. (Laughter.) Mr. Selte— Me constable says you were drunk. Prisoner—l might have had a drop or two, but I knew what I was about. I was capable of driving. The constable stated that he was obliged to lay hold of the horse's head and take it to the stable. Prisoner—l hope you will overlook it this time, your worship. I h tve been many years a cab-driver, and this is my first offence. I will be more careful in future, and this will be a caution to me. I have been locked up all night, Mr. Selfe—Well, go along, you must not do so again. The prisoner was discharged and thanked his worship. MARKETS —This Day. HAY ARK S. SKITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 A d Os to £5 l Os Od; and s t raw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. ull inquiry. CUMBEKLAND.--Mea-low nay, £2 10a to £4 lOs; clover, Di An in Os tactivo £5 10 and Od ; and straw, £1 4,, t o £1 lOs per load. e de. £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 4s to lOs per load, WHITECHAPEL —Meadow ha Trade inactive. hay, £2los to £4 10s; clover, ......,.......,,...... COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been rather dull; prices, however, are generally sustained, SUGAR--The market has been moderately active, and previous quotations are in most instances well sustained, In the refined Market there is little change of importance to report as regards values. COFFEE —The demand for colonial descriptions has been steady, and late prices are well sustained for all qualities. RICE—A fair amount of business has been done in supe rior descriptions at fully late quotations. TALLOW—Business has been rathe r quiet, although no change can be reported on potations for either present or forward delivery. PY C on the spot is marked three arke th d m 4 o o n s3 s d July to September, 40 s 6i to 40 s 9d , COAL MARKET. Prtoes of Coal per Ton at the close of th e market. s. d. Buddle'sWest Hartley 16 0 Hastings Hartley l6 0 Holywell 16 6 Eden Main 16 0 West Hartley l6 6 • Walla E s. d nd Braddyll's 11 etton . l6 6 Haswell.... 17 6. &ugh, l7 0 Hartlepool l7 3 South Kelloe... lietton Tunstall "••.•• 16 0 .16 9 et, 57 ; sold, 50. Walls End. East Hartlepool l7 6 Caradoc l7 0 Cassop l6 9 Ships at mark' Foreign mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. kustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ... .. June 18. v i a Marseilles .. British acket ........ July 13. Jrazil and Cape Verds, by ,P • ....... J u l y 5. , Inina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southa rupton.June 18 `ape of Good Hope, Ascension, $91(1 St. via Marseilles ...June 27. -Hel ena.. June 29 ....................... Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .................. June 18 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, vh4 South ampton.. J unelB via Marseilles. „„. June 27 India (Bombay), via Southampton ............ June 25. via Marseilles ........ Jane 20. Portugal.... ................................ July 5. via Marseilles June 18. 6 ........ July INlalta, _Egypt, and Aden, via S outbatn ptou ... ... Newfoundland ............................. .. June 16 Oporto and Vigo .. ............ ... . ............ U. S. and British N. America, by Bra. pack et.... J une 21 by U.S. pack e t .... by Canadian packet. June 17. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, p erui 1 June 28 California. and Briti , h Columbia.. .......... r ß ai A lw lL a W ys , MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE this company's total re Y in .— clu l di h n s g —e., from Jan. 1 to June 5, 1864, amounted to £136,472 as against £136,337 for the corresponding period of 1863. The proportion of the South Junction receipts accruing to this company from rents, tolls, s d e u s ty7 t g, January let to June sth amounted to £15,594 as against £14,446 for the corresponding period of 1862, and the ex penses to £6,998 as against £6,051. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Ori E SII ILLIN GI DAY. — NI ONDAY, JUNE 13.—Mtnis , ions on payment, 3,524; ditto by season tickets, 1,142; total, 4,626. In a letter to Admiral Washington, he said— The sight of the new dhow gave me a hint, which I may mention. She was 50ft long by 12ft, and ft deep. I would never think of carrying more than the engines and boilers past cataracts like ours. One could build a hull more easily. At the foot of the lake there are many trees 30ft high with • out a branch, and 3ft in diameter. To Si: R. Murchison, he continued— They pay one fathom of calico (value one shilling) for a boy, and two for a good-looking girl. Yet the slaves would not pay but for the ivory they carry, A trader with 20 slaves must pay at least the price of one slave per day for their sustenance. It is a joint ivory and slave trade which alone renders the speculation profitable. He wrote to Admiral Washington— I knew this of old, but Captain Wilson, of the Gorgon, has lately discovered it, and mentions it in his last " Slave Trade Report." It was the knowledge that I was working towards undermining the slave trade of Mozambique and Iboo by buying up the ivory, that made the Portuguese exert all their obstructive powers. I trust that operations in the interior, under a more able leader, will not be les sight of. These will do more to stop the slave trade than all the cruisers, and without them I see no hope of the Portuguese giving up slavery. His letter to Sir Roderick Murchison then pro ceeded thus— This is the crowning place for nearly all the slaves that go to Quilea, Iboe, and Mozambique. A few go down to the end of the lake, and for cheapness cross the Shire. But here lies the great trade route to Kutania, Kazembe, &c. The Babisa are the principal traders, and the Manganja are the cultivators of the soil. The Arabs—the same we met before—were very civil. They came forth to meet us, and presented rice, meal, sugar-cane, and a piece of male chite. Leaving them we went due west, and in three days ascended to the edge of the plateau, which from below looks like a range of mountains. The long ascent, adorned with hill and dale and running streams, fringed with ever green trees, was very beautiful to the eye, but sore for the legs, often causing us to puff and blow as if broken winded. The heights have a delicious but peculiarly piercing air. It seemed to go through ns. Five Shupanza men, who has been accustomed all their lives to the malaria of the Zan zibar delta, were quite prostrated by that which to me was exhilirating and bracing. We travelled about ninety miles west, then turned up to the N.W. The country is level. The edge of the plateau is 3,410 feet above the sea. At the Isangwa, of the lake the height shown is 3,270 feet, The direction of the streams verifies these appropriate beights,and your famous hypothesis too,for the Isangwa of the lake finds its way backwards to the Nyassa; another, called the Isanwa of the Moravi, flows to the westward and enters the Zambesi Zumbo, The feeders of these rivers are boggy valleys with pools in their courses. We were said to have crossed one branch of the Mortals, or Moitawa, which flows W.N.W. into a small lake called Bemba. The valleys in which the rivers rise closely resemble those in Lends or Lunda ; but here each bank is dotted over with villages, and a great deal of land is cult vated. Th• vegetation is more stunted, and the trees covered with flat lichens like those on old apple trees in Scotland, and a long thready sort like orchilla shows a humid climate. We were going in the direction whence a great deal of ivory is drawn by the people on the slave route, and this induced them to put hindrances in our way, refus ing to sell food, and misleading us. The time that could be spent with safety had expired, our European food was expended, and dysentery fell upon us. I was under ex plicit orders not to take any long journey, but have the Pioneer down to the sea by the earliest flood. I might have speculated on a late rise in the river, but did not like the idea of failing in my duty with the vessel, and gave up fur ther progress, The temptation to go on was that Lake Bemba was said to be but 10 days distant. Thence, according to native and Arab report, issues the River Loapula Luapula, which, flowing west ward, forms the Lakes Mofa or Mofae and Moers ; then passing the town of Cazembe, it turns round to the north and is lost in Zanganika on the west into the River Kasai easterly, where I formerly crossed the river. All agreed in asserting that no river flowed eastward into Lakt Nyassa Two small ones do, but at a distance of say 89 or 90 miles from the lake; the watershed is to the west. One should have no bias in investigating these questions by the aid of travelled natives; but I had a strong leaning to a flow from Zan ganyika into Nyassa. I was stoutly opposed by all, and I had crossed so many running streams which, from entering the lake among weeds, had not been observed from the boat in our first visit, that before reaching Kotakota I had come to the conclusion that a large river was not needed to account for the perennial flow of the Shire. lam sorry to give only native information instead of observa tions by` my own eyes ; but having been confined to work of much more importance than exploration, the above was all I could do when set free. The work on which I had la boured for years has all been spoilt by the Portuguese slave hunting. As we (the steward of the Pioneer and myself) were on our metal not to overstep the limited time at our disposal, it may be worth mentioning that we travelled 660 geographical miles in 55 travelling days, averaging twelve miles per day in strait lines. The new leaves on the trees of the plateau were coming out fresh and green there, and we reached this on the 31st of Oct., to find all except the evergreens by the streams as bare of leaves as in mid-winter. To Admiral Washington be writes in con tinuation : We now went due west on the great slave route to the Babisa Katanga and Cambe, for say 90 or 100 miles, then turned up to the N.N. W., but before we had gone far our time was expired. We had ascertained that the watershed was clearly to the west, After crossing the branches of the Loangwa of the lake, we had the Loangwa of the Moravi which enters the Zambesi at Zumbo. We were on a level plateau, 3,440tt above the sea, in lat. 12.46 8. A rivulet called Motala, or Motawa, flows N.N. W. into Lake Bemba, which is Paid to be the source of . the Loapula. This flows westward, and forms two lakes, Moero and Motu or Mofue, then passes the town of Cazembe, and is lost in Zanganyika. These were the reports we heard, and though Bemba was said to be ten days distant I was afraid to speculate on a late rise of the river in view of Lord Russell's explicit orders not to undertake a long journey. All reports agreed that no large river flows into Lake Nyassa from the north. Two small ones do. This agrees with the general watershed. Nearly all the travelled natives and the Arabs mentioned that the Loapula, or Luapula, flows into Zan g,nyika. I thank you for the charts of the Bovuma, and I shall endeavour to take soundings, not on the bar, for these is none, but opposite the mouth. The cnly thing like a bar is at half ebb and up to the time the tide turns, when the water, rushing out of the river, falls from three or four fathoms into 19 fathoms. The water tumbling into deep just at the mouth might swamp a beat, but no sooner does the flow begin than all is smooth. I believe that the Bovuma may be navigable for a vessel of light draft during eight or nine months in the year. Shupanga, Feb. 10. I intend to go northwards—perhaps to Bombay—in search of a market for the Lady Nyassa, there being no probability of our disposing of her at the Cape. The following ie to Sir R. Murchison : Shupanga, Feb. 10. , The river rose in tremendous force on the 19th of Janu• ary—much later than usual. This extracted many a groan from me, for it was plain that I had plenty of time to have examined Bemba, the beginning, I suppose, of the drainage system; which finds an outlet of the Congo, Mofu, or Motue, which was seen, I believe, by Monteiro in his journey to Caz3mhe. We travelled part of our way on the route from Quilon to the same chief. I hope a report of my being murdered has not reached you or my family, as they may believe it the more readily on account of the loss already sustained, 1 have never known any difficulty with an in terior tribe, or any other engaged iu alaving. A paper we read by the Secretary, from Mr Cooley, respecting certain portions of the district over which Dr Livingstone had journeyed, and written on a previous occasion. Mr Cnoley also contributed a map in explanation of his particular views. He took particular objection to the direc tion which Dr Livingstone had given to ,the northerly part of Lake Nyassi. Mr Cooley placed the northern portion of the lake considerably more to the north-west than did Dr Livingstone—in fact, to a divergence of almost 45 deg. Upon this paper a very animated and interesting discussion ensued, in which Captain Speke, Captain Kirk, Mr Macqueen, and several other gentlemen took part. Captain Kirk, who had travelled with Dr. Living s'one in the very neighbourhood of Lake Nyassa, and had taken observations of is bearingo, con firmed the direction which the doctor had given it, and contended that Mr Cooley was altogether wrong, end that the position which had been as signed to the lake by Dr Livingstone was known 400 years ago. Upon the proposition of the Chairman, votes of thanks were given to Dr Livingstone, Captain Kirk, end Mr Cooley. Death-bed of Major-General J. Stuart. - -- The following notice of the last hours of the gallcnt and distinguished Confederate soldier Major General Jeb Stuart, is from the .Richmond Examiner : "No incident of mortality since the fall of the great Jackson has cccasioned more painful regret than this. Major-General J. E. B. Stuart, the model of Virginian cavaliers and dashing chieftains, whose name was a terror to the enemy, and familiar as a household word in two continents, is dead, struck down by a bullet from the foe, and the whole Confederacy mourns him. He breathed ont his gallant spirit resignedly, and in the full possession of all his remarkable faculties of mind and body, at 22 minutes to 8 o'clock, Thursday night, at the resi dence of Dr. Brewer, a relative, in Green-street, in the presence of Drs. Brewer, Garnett, Gibson, and Fontaine, of the general's staff, Rev. Messrs. Peterkin and Kepler,and a circle of sorrow-stricken comrades and friends. "We learn from the physicians in attendance upon the general that his condition during the day was very chargeable, with occasional delirium, and other unmistakable symptoms of speedy dissolution. In the passing moments of delirium the gallant general reviewed in broken sentences all his glori ous campaigns around M'Clellan's rear on the pen insula, beyond the Potomac, and upom the Rapidan, quoting from his orders, and issuing new ones to his couriers, with a last injunction to make haste.' "About noon, Thursday, President Davis visited his bedside, and spent some 15 minutes in the dying chamber of his favourite chieftain. The President, taking his hand, said, ' General, how do you feel ?' He replied, ' Easy, but willing to die, if God and my country think I have fulfilled my destiny and done my duty.' As evening approached the gene ral's delirium increased, and his mind sgain wan dered to the battle-fields over which he had fought, then to wife and children, and again to the front. A telegraphic message had been sent for his wife, who was in the eountry, with the injunction to make all haste, as the general was dangerously wounded. "As evening wore on the paroxysms of pain in creased, and mortification set in rapidly. Though suffering the greatest agony at times the general was calm, and applied to the wound, with his own hand, the ice intended to relieve the pain. Daring the evening he asked Dr Brewer how long he could live, and whether it was possible for him o survive through the night. The doctor knowing he did not desire to be buoyed by false no;es, told him frankly that death, the last enemy was rapidly approaching. The general nodded, and said, ' I am resigned if it be God's will ; but I would like to live to see my wife. But God's will be done. Several times he roused up and asked if she had come. " To the doctor, who sat, holding his wrist, and counting the fleeting, weakening pulse,he remarked, Doctor, I suppose I am going last now. It will soon be over. But God's will be done. I hope I have fulfilled my destiny to my country and my duty to my Gud.' " At halt-past seven o'clock it was evident to, the physicians that death was setting its clammy seal upon the brave, open brow of the general, and they told him so—asking if he had any last message to give. The general, with a mind perfectly clear and possessed, then made disposition of his staff and personal effects. To Mrs General R. E. Lee he directed that the golden spurs be given as a dying memento of his love and esteem for her husband. To his staff officers he gave his horses. So parti cular was he in small things, even in the dying hour, that he fully exhibited the ruling passion strong in death. To one of his staff, who was a heavy built man, he said, ' You had better take the larger horse—he will carry yon better.' Other mementoes he disposed of in a similar manner. To his young son he left his glorious sword. " His worldly matters closed, the eternal interests of his soul engaged his mind. Turning to the Rev. Mr. Peterkin, of the Episcopal church, and of which he was an exemplary member, he asked him to sing the hymn commencing "'hock of ages cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee.' he joining in with all the voice his strength would permit. He then joined in prayer with the minis ters. To the doctor he again said, 'I am going fast now. lam resigned. God's will be done.' Thus died General J. E. B. Stuart." Railway and Public Companies in Parliament, Yesterday, in Lord St.alley's committee on the East London Railway Company's project, Mr. Round sought to establish a locus standi for the Great Eastern Railway Com pany in opposition to the bill, on the ground of comps tition with the East London and City portions of their undertak ings, but the committee, after hearing Mr. Serjeant Q.C., on the other side, decided that the Great Eastern had no locus standi in tha t p articular respect, as their petition against the bill, while containing other general allegations, did not specify their intenti on to o pp ose on the principle of competion. The remainder of the sitting was occupied with the evidence of Mr. Burke on the engineering features of the proposed line. The bill for the Stonehouse and Nails worth Railway was rejected, and Mr Coleridge, Q C. stated the case for the Worcester, Dean Forest, and Mon mouth Railway Bill, which proposes to empo wet that com pany to make a line of eight miles from a junction with their authoiised line of 1863 at Newest to the Gloucester and Dean Forest line of the Great Western at North _Ham let, near Gloucester; to lay rails for the narrow gauge on th e portion of the line of the Great Western Railway from t h e intended junction therewith int o i ts stations at Glouces ter; to contract with the Great Western for its working, and to raise £ 150,000 by new shares and £50,003 by loan. Wi , nesses were examined by Mr So merse t for, ana by Mr Venables and Mr Hill against, th e measure . Another case, opened by Mr Denison and opposed by Mr Islerewether, for the London and North W est ern' was that of the Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Railway, which seeks incorporation, with a capital of £500 , 0 00 in shares an d £166,000 loan, to construct eight extens i ons, the two l ea di ng ones being, first, one of 20 mil es, f rom Hanley via Burslecu and Tunstall, and thence south-eastward under the Grand Junction to Market Drayton, The second, of nine miles, from the latter at Hodnet to the Shrewsbury and Crewe line of the London and North W estern a b out two miles no th of Shrewsbury, with six oth er s h or t con necting links, with power to contract with the London and North Western, Great Western, or South Stafturdshire, to construct, or work or use. After hearing counsel and taking evidence on the traffic and en gineering, the committee passed the bill for the Carmarthen shire Railway for extensions to the South Wales, Grea t lines, for a lies of 10 miles to the m ountain branch of the Llanelly Railway, and to the Southpit and Vuffryn Collieries, the capital required being £225,000 in shares and £75,000 loan. The bill for the Hereford, Railway is wiehdrawn. In the Lords the bill Andmell s Hay, and d a rer ~o, n Patent Improvements in pneumatic railways . tubes wa.- , passed, and the opposition to the bill for the improvements of the sewage of Edinburgh and Leith occupied the cora mittee of which Lord Monteagle is the chairman. SINGULAR CITY CUSTOM.—" SWEARING ON GRAVES" BY TUE C ITIZE NS.—In early days, t h e citizens of London were et liberty to discharge themselves from all pleas of the Crown by " wager of law," or ;u other words by the oa th of his "Jury of Compurgators." As, however, in the p ro g ress of such criminal plea his selected compurgators might die, a custom prevailed in the City of London for the accused party—or perhaps others—to testify so l emn ly on oath upon the graves of the deceased who had been summoned as compurgaters, precisely as to their in tended verdict. The foregoing custom was repealed by the 9th charter of Henry 111., after which it was dierillowed.— City Press. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. PRUSSIA. I BERLIN, rune 13.—Count de Bismark yesterday & - eceived a deputation from Schleswig. He after w►ards had a long conference with Prince Gortscha koff. In the afternoon a Council of Ministers was held,. In the evening the King received Prince Gortachalleff and Count de Bisrcark, and hgd a long otHience. The Prince will leave to.morroq' for Kissiegen. SPORTING NOTES. Since my letter of 3 , esterday I have reason to telievo that Earl Purl will win the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, and Little Stag the Queen:a Guineas at Ihrupton, A FRESEI MAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, 4- TATTERSALL'S—LAST EVENING. THE DERBY, 1865. 7to 1 agst Liddington (offered) 20 to 1 agst Zambesi (taken) 40 to 1 agst Wild Charley (taken) 40 to 1 azst Dilly Dally (take 5O) Heavy settling, and nothing done on the Northumberland Plate. CITY BETTING-YESTERDAY. THE SURREY AND MIDDLESEX STAKES. 4to 1 agst Douche (taken) 6to 1 agst Early Purl (taken) 6to 1 agst Alabama (taken) 10 to 1 agst Wharfinger (taken) N ORTHITAIDERLAND PLATE. 6to 1 agst Sir Roger (taken) Bto 1 agst Caller Ou (Offered) Bto 1 agat Donnybrook (taken) 8 to 1 agat Tottenham (taken) ST. LEGER. 3to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered) 4to 1 agst General Peel (offered) sto 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—MoNDit. There was but a small attendance, and business w as exceedingly limited. The Northumberland Plate and Doncaster St. Lager were the only events mentioned. Closing prices : NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. Bto 1 agst Caller Ou (wasted) 100 to 12 agst Sir Roger (taken) 9 to 1 agst Donnybrook (taken and offered) 100 to 9 agst Alice (taker) 100 to 6 agst Hyruettus (wanted) 100 to 6 agst Limosina (taken) ST, LEGER. 4to 1 aEst Blair Athol (wanted) 4to 1 agst General Peel (offered) 500 to 400 on Blair Athol, General Peel, and Scottish Chief agst the field (offered) HAMPTON MEETING.-N 1 EDNESDAY, The Hampton Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each; weight for age, selling allowances, &c, Three quarters of a mile. Yrs. Weatherglass (£50)., 3 Dolphin (£5O) Usher (£5O) .. Tne Two-year-old Stakes of Yrs. Lifebuoy (X5O) 3 Rosa Lee (.C5O) Loafer 3 soya each, with 25 added. Half a mile. Vision IF by Loup Garou— Whisky Impression Sisiphus Lydia Thompson The Hurst Plate of 40 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; selling allowances, &c. Five furlongs. Yrs Yrs Westa (£3O) 2 Wild Thyme (£3O) • 3 Dolphin (£3O) Wheldra,.e (DO) 2 Maud (£3O) Whisky (L3O) Cby Ethelbert Lady Hope (£3O) . Bibinia (L3O) THUR Her Majesty's Plate o Yrs Maud Lovelace ;SDAY. , f 100 ge. Two mike, Caracole _ 5 Welcome .. b Early Purl Junius Outlaw Biackfriar 3 Lifebuoy Caller Ou All the above entries were June 13. I Gibraltar Douche Dunkeld Podarces Batsman Sta King, .. Little Stab 3 Young Rapid 'e made on Monday evening, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. FACTORIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL, Mr BRUCE moved the second reading of this bill. He said that between 17,000 and 18,000 children were em ployed in the trades with which it was proposed to deal. The hon. member for Devonport (Mr Ferrand) had stated that the bill would affect 10,000 persons, but he thought he should be able to show the hon. member that that was a mistake, although no doubt the members would be in creased by the extensions it was proposed to adopt. He explained the principle on which the bill would go with re gard to the ages at which children might be employed, and not many of the objections which had been urged against Government. He also read lengthened extracts from the reports of eminent physicians showing the deterioration of potters and others from overwork, and the nature of the work in which they were engaged, The seeds of the disease were sown in the children, whose labour was far too severe. It had 'seen urged that the Government ought to have pro ceeded under the Mines Inspection Act, which prohibited children under 12 years of age from being employed. That would be a very good arrangement if they could secure children, between 8 and 12, being sent to school. (Tho right honourable gentleman read returns to show that it was not the case). Another objection which had been urged was that uuder the bill they would not be able to ebtain a sufficient number of children to carry on the work of manufactures ; but it mast be re.. membered those men were employers of boys themselves, and it was likely that they would not treat them 80 humanely as the employers. He had conclusive evidence that many of the men neglected their work at the beginning of thewe o e b k l i g a ed nd t , o co e n m s p eg io u y en b t o ly y , s a t t o th m e a e k n e d uoi f ) od ret eo tthh ee t t h h e e ir w lo e s e t k titne they were ,thus rendering the employment of b oys larger than it would other wise be. Anoth er argument was th at t h e trades in which children were employed numerousweresogenart law.and det ached T hat argument th a t i t w h o a u d l d been b e used w Impossibleith to regard be e tto o n f districts, but T The right had hon gentleman beenfound the t n o explained how the bill would apply to the lucifer match tthraedemoirnninwghtiiclhi te c n hi a l t dr n en igh w t2 er b e ein em g p t l h oy e e p d oo f f r e o s m t o s f ix th in e in nootlrl v an en d ti w la o te r d st r ß oo d m uc s a t t h ed ey o s f u a ff n e y red el f a r s o s m . m F o r a o t m loa w t o h r s k o i m ng e disease of the jaws. He also explained the nature of the percussion cap trade, and other trades to which the bill would apply, Mr CRUM.EWING considered that the bill would r emedy many defects in the existing Factory Ads, and he hailed its introduction with great satisfaction. Lord INGESTRE said he did not intend to oppose the second reading of the bill, but when it was read a se cond time he should move that it be referred to a select committee. He was so anxious that legislation should take place that he put his opposition, if he might use such a term, in the mildest form. It was only to some portions of the bill which the right hon. gentleman proposed that he had any objections at all. To the half time system he had a great objection as being inapplicable to the p o tteries. Mr. H. GRENFELL agreed with Lord Ingestrie that the Bill should be referred to a select committee. [LEFT SITTING.] SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Days LONDON, June 14.—Wind this day at noon—South- East; moderate breeze and fine weather, but cloudy at times. OFF FALMOUTH, J une 13.—Arrived—Gondol a , f rom Havannah. CARDIFF, June 13.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—John Henry, for Bermuda. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) e Roemeling, from Guarnilla. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. ,- une 14—U❑ition, from Guernsey—Jane Tunes, Arrived, a ona—Patriot, from Belize--Ann Christensen, from Tar Sig d —Bermuda, from Porto Rico. • from Yera 'ailed—H aw k (steamer), for Bermuda—Nile, for Cal cutta—Saxonb (steamer), for Stettin, Arrived, Jane 13—Stieroi DELL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, June 13.—Eleanor Isabella (brig), and Hebe Augusta (bark), from the west ; Damietta, and Eleanor, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Huntress (schooner), for the west; Agnes (bark), from Belies—.all for London. Passed, in tow.—SP.edwell, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Victoria, from New York —both for London. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Steady market at yesterday's rates. Sales probably 7,000 bales. The last rehearsal for the Great Choral Festival some of 5,000 voices, to be held at the Crystal Palace on Wednesday next, took plane on Saturday. The c p h ro o g ra r l a e m st rc p e e w r t n i l s c o on g s s ir & of e e twenty anthems, of :hic choruses, are for four treble parts, and will be sung by 1,000 voices to a part. Mr. G. W. Martin is the conductor. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The great choral caec . ert of the metropolitan schools will take place to-morrow. The choir will consist of 5,000 voices, including LOCO tenors and basses. The programme will include anthems, choraha, part sonr, ts.:3. Conducted by Mr G. W. Martin. The fountains will be plgyed at 7 o'clock. hare t 3.14. et 10 et et 50 20 9.15.4' 12_10 au all 6 7 4 0 4 I 113 130} ;